Untitled
Date1972
Artist
Kathleen Cooke
(American artist, 1908–1978)
MediumPastel and graphite on paper
Dimensionssheet: 11 × 113 15/16 in. (27.9 × 289.4 cm)
Credit LineTHE DOROTHY AND HERBERT VOGEL COLLECTION: FIFTY WORKS FOR FIFTY STATES, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2008
Object number2008-30
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextKathleen Cooke valued the importance of drawing from life, using line to capture the form and mood of her subjects. In an artist's statement, she wrote of this challenge: "The cats are difficult as they have few bones, almost like a sponge… To give them body is very difficult with failures very often." 
